An academic study published by University of Illinois researchers drew together findings from 42 different studies on trigger bias to examine whether race affects how likely a target is to be shot. The study’s principal researcher, Yara Mekawi, found that people were “quicker to shoot black [African American] targets with a gun relative to white [Caucasian] targets with a gun. And...people were more trigger-happy when shooting black targets compared to shooting white targets.”

Shooters weren't just faster to fire at black targets; they were also more likely to fire at a black target.

Our end goal is to eliminate the use of the most popular target for shooters when learning to use their firearm: a black silhouette. There should be #NoMoreBlackTargets in shooting ranges, permitting, and instruction environments, or anywhere someone is learning to use a firearm.

Unconscious bias can be deadly, and we need to fight the deadly epidemic of gun violence towards black people. Getting rid of black targets at shooting ranges and replacing them with variations of of more diverse target designs, changing from the negative stimulus shown in the study above.

“No More Black Targets” -- a collective of artists, diverse in backgrounds, ethnicities and nationalities, working in paint, digital media, pattern making and also physical installations to bring new artwork to life -- stand for a world where there is more paint and less hate.

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